T minus 6th July (12:00 am)

Few days has passed by after my first blog dated July 1st.

July 1: Mr. KNS asks me to finish major portion of drawings within a short span of 2 weeks. Same day evening, Mr. JRK (Department Head) gives his comments that at the current rate, drawings could be finished only by 2 years. Little did they know that I been arranging for 10 sheets / day and also dedicating to compiling my blog.

And so, I decide to finish more sheets (probably working up to 10 sheets a day) and pay less concentration to Gtalk events. By the time I take a break almost every 90 min, I notice that somebody has tried his best to initiate a conversation being, but now, its already late to respond, as they aren’t online anymore.

Till my lunch break, my friend AT hasn’t said Hi to me on YM. Guess she must have been busy. So I head home and return back after 5 hours, to see my friend SM from Sydney online. She is going through her boring day routine, her husband away at a place at a time difference of 8 hours and her duty to watch her 18 month old Intelligent Daughter play with tissue papers, shredding it into pieces watching the mallu songs on TV. It feels nice to hear all this; at least it refreshes my mind, caught in the midst of afternoon sleep and work.

And as the day ends, I realize that the day hasn’t been so bad after all, since I have achieved my target level and accomplished more than a dozen drawings compared to the daily progress of June.

July 2: Work wise, I tend to achieve +3 more than my previous LOA (Levels of Accomplishment). As far as being online and connected is concerned, there hasn’t been much change in the scenario of previous day either. I have been told to arrange the printout of drawings completed until date to Mr KNS for his review and comments. Seated next to him, is a new arrival from Angamali, Mr BJ, who has set the resolution of his monitor to 1280x1078 and is carefully browsing pages in a mini window. To see a very familiar page layout. The Orkut.

And so, I understand that my colleague BJ is also an active member and always has his Orkut profile opened in a tiniest window and keeps checking for updates. Now and then. Very much like me.

July 3: 14 sheets. And no other distractions. Except for PSG, who gives an URL that can assess our character based on a online wizard regarding one's handwriting. I did give it a try and I found the result generated has been precise and matching. Of cos, I do take a print out of it, for my reference as well as to show PSG. I know he wud be much interested to know about my Dietary habits ( which wasnt mentioned it in, luckily ).

July 4: Even though its a Friday, I still got to be there. Why ? Its an OT Day, yaar. Low production, Get paid 1.5 times. And I manage to finish 10 Sheets.

Its a pity that ma friends PSG and JJ never get to work on Friday(s), and they get bored to death, after their 8 hr x 5 day weekly schedule. But now things have changed sligthy. After JJ bought his own flight service, the Concorde.

Over the week, I come to notice that every day when I return home after work, JJ's car isnt there in the Car Porch. Either it out on its own, or it does errands for the humble roommates of the Tharavadu.

Even then, JJ decides to go to the Hypermarket where the World Comes Shopping but isnt sure about how to reach there. He also invites PSG to go with him, even me ( to give him road directions to reach our destination and back). And after having 3 Wonders that evening ( Wonderful shopping / Dining / Driving ), we manage to get there without getting lost on road, and also reach back after 6 long hours.

And I manage to get into bed at midnite, 'cos work is due to start in less than 6 hours.

July 5: A fresh week starts. And I hurry to print the 70+ drawings, on which I had laid my hands upon the previous week. And submit it to Mr KNS. I know that each of those will return back with a wide range of comments. All this is for a reason - This work is something new to me, which I am not accustomed to, since the past 2 years of korean workitechture.